September 2006

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MERCATOR-LEGISLATION CELEBRATES THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES IN SARDINIA

September 2006 – Mercator-Legislation participated on September 26 in one of the initiatives undertaken to celebrate the European Day of Languages. Aureli Argemí, director of the Mercator-Legislation project, was invited to Sardinia by the Nùgoro University Partnership to give a talk on cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe. Authorities from Sardinia opened the session and introduced the rest of speakers, who addressed the audience on behalf of CIEMEN (Maria Areny), Radio Onde Furlane (Carli Pup) and the Sardinian Language Board (Diegu Corraine).

The European Day of Languages was established by the Council following the success of the European Year of Languages in 2001, and aims at raising awareness on the importance of language learning and diversifying the range of languages learnt in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding in the European Union. It is also intended to promote the rich linguistic diversity of Europe.